Celebrating Women in Science Science drives innovation, tackles global challenges, and shapes the future — but to reach its full potential, it needs diverse perspectives. Despite progress, a significant gender gap remains in…

Prof. Dr. Stephan Grzesiek, Emeritus 1999 – 2025 | Professor of Structural Biology Stephan Grzesiek was Professor of Structural Biology at the Biozentrum, from 1999 until his retirement in 2025. His research was dedicated to…

Childhood dream: Becoming a scientist June 2025 Since she was a child, Ina Sonnen dreamed of becoming a cancer researcher. Although her academic career took a slightly different path, the topic of cancer has never quite left…

Terra incognita. November 2017 One can hardly imagine a more exotic place to do a doctorate. Serej Ley spent four years in Papua New Guinea studying tuberculosis and experienced things that most of us only know from books or…

Central Mechanical Workshop The requirements for lab apparatus are as diverse as the research topics at the Biozentrum. For this reason, you will find a whole range of non-commercially available devices and installations…

CV of Alexander Schmidt PhD Nationality German Positions: Since 2009 Head of the Proteomics Core Facility at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland 2006 – 2009 Post-doctoral scientist in the laboratory of Prof.…

CV of Prof. Dr. Marek Basler ORCID 0000-0001-5414-2088 Google Scholar Google Scholar Nationality : Czech Positions: Since 2018 Associate Professor of Infection Biology 2013 – 2018 Assistant Professor (tenure track),…

Prof. Dr. Peter Philippsen, Emeritus 1978 - 2011 | Professor of Molecular Microbiology Peter Philippsen first came to the Biozentrum as an Assistant Professor in 1978. Prior to this, he spent several years in postdoctoral…

In 2012, the "European Autism Interventions - A Multicentre Study for Developing New Medications" (EU-AIMS) was launched as a collaboration for research for the treatment of autism. The aim of this collaboration is to…

With the renowned Starting Grants, the SNSF honors excellent young researchers for their innovative research and supports them in consolidating their own research program. Yuping Li is one of the top young researchers to…